Voice Dialler - Further Description and Installation Instructions - page 2
Putting your names and numbers into the phone.
A good way of doing this is to organise a list of who you want to be able to dial
by voice, and their telephone numbers. These actually may not be the people you dial most, but rather those whose numbers you have
difficulty finding and dialling. It may be worth thinking who you might need to contact in an emergency, too.
Lift the receiver
on the phone you will use most frequently for voice dialling, and follow the voice prompts (the "pound" key is marked # and normally
called "hash" in UK). If you have difficulty reading or dialling, this is where some assistance can be given, but you must be
the person to speak the names. For optimum voice recognition, speak clearly, with no background noise (TV, dishwasher, background
conversation, etc).
Avoid mono-syllabic names (Jo, Jack, Dad etc) as they can more easily confuse the voice recognition.
When
prompted, enter the number using the telephone keypad. You can key in up to 35 digits. You can also put in pauses within the phone
number (useful when dialling through PBXs, or using calling cards) by keying ** for a 3 second pause.
Once you have started entering
names and numbers, the dialler expects you to enter more. When you have finished putting in numbers, hang up, or press # for the main
menu.
Note: Once there is at least one name set up, the voice dialler will not automatically go into this training mode – to
subsequently enter more names, press # when you hear the normal voice prompt and follow the instructions.
Voice Dialling
There
is nothing to it! Lift the receiver. Instead of the dial tone, you hear the voice prompt; “name to dial, please”. Now just say the
name of the person you want. The dialler will play back the name it has recognised, and dial the number for you.
Occasionally,
the dialler may fail to recognise the name you have spoken. You will be told that the number was not recognised and then you will
be asked “name to dial, please” again.
If you want to dial up a number normally, press any of the number keys (or *) when
you hear the voice prompt. You will hear your normal dial tone, and you can dial using the telephone keypad, as usual.
To
access the main menu of options (to add or delete names, or to hear the names in memory), press # after you have heard the voice prompt.
The
voice recognition is very robust, and normally has no problems in recognising the names you have given it, even on other telephones
in the house or (although the voice recognition is supposed to be speaker dependent) spoken by other people. It even works when you
have a cold!
New for the latest version! You can invoke the voice dialler whilst in a call - this means you can put in details like your account number and so on and then use them when using your bank's automated services!
Also now able to be configured specifically to be compatible with hands-free speaker phones.
Home of the Voice Activated Telephone Dialler and TapMemo